Carter, Jennifer and Palmer, Jane (2017) Dilemmas of transgression: ethical responses in a more-than-human world. Cultural Geographies, 24 (2). pp. 213-229. ISSN 1474-4740
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Abstract
To transgress is ‘to do something that is not allowed’; in a human-constructed world, animals, especially those seen as ‘incompanionate’, are often deemed to be doing something not allowed. We explore the ethical dilemmas of ‘transgression’ in the context of critical reflection on an instructive example of dingo–human relations on Fraser Island, Australia, which has incited ongoing debate from diverse publics about the killing of ‘problem’ dingoes. We outline the historical and ethical complexity of such relations and suggest that human–nonhuman encounters,direct or indirect, have the potential to produce new, less anthropocentric topologies in which transgression is reconstructed, and humans and animals can share space more equitably. The kind of knowledge and ethical re-positioning beginning to emerge in dingo–human relations suggests transgression itself as a metaphor for its further re-imagining: a disruption of spatial, emotional and ethical boundaries to shape more responsive, respectful and less anthropocentric topologies.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Submitted version deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Arts and Communication (1 July 2013 - 28 February 2019) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Arts and Communication (1 July 2013 - 28 February 2019) |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Feb 2017 05:37 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Feb 2018 05:22 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | animal ethics, dingo, Fraser Island, human–nonhuman relations, topologies, transgression |
| Fields of Research : | 16 Studies in Human Society > 1601 Anthropology > 160104 Social and Cultural Anthropology 16 Studies in Human Society > 1604 Human Geography > 160403 Social and Cultural Geography |
| Socio-Economic Objective: | C Society > 95 Cultural Understanding > 9599 Other Cultural Understanding > 959999 Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified D Environment > 96 Environment > 9605 Ecosystem Assessment and Management > 960599 Ecosystem Assessment and Management not elsewhere classified E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970116 Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society |
| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.1177/1474474016667428 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/29926 |
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